In an exclusive Sister Wives footage from Us Weekly, Meri Brown breaks down over moving to Utah, but she worries that Kody Brown won’t feel the same way.
In a sneak look from the Sunday, October 1 episode of the TLC series, Meri, 52, confesses to Robyn Brown, “I just don’t like change and it’s scary.” I am aware that only you are concerned about it, too.
Meri explains that she “feared” Robyn’s, 44, reaction to her decision to relocate her clothing line to Utah, but she acknowledges that she is cognizant of Kody’s, 54, potential reactions.
“I know [that] Kody is just not going to give a crap,” Meri claims in the clip, which was filmed early this year. “I just don’t want it to look like what I think it’ll be perceived as. I think he’ll be like, ‘Well, see, told you so, she’s the one that’s leaving.’
Meri then senses Robyn’s hesitation about the move, telling the cameras, “She’s very well aware of where mine and Kody’s relationship stands. So she’s like, ‘Hmm, are we sure?’” During their conversation, Meri tells Robyn the move “stresses me out on a lot of levels,” but insists that she’s not walking away from the family entirely. She vows to Robyn that she’s “gonna have a house” in Arizona but split time between Flagstaff and her late mom’s bed and breakfast in Utah.
“I’m gonna have an address. I’m gonna be here. I’m gonna sleep there. I just will also be up there,” Meri swears, to which Robyn replies, “I just want you around. Always have.”
Even though Robyn agrees with Meri’s decision, she voiced her worries about the circumstance in a confessional. Is she simply going to keep investing more of herself there in hopes that she would ultimately get there completely? Asking the cameras is Robyn. Robyn was right to be skeptical that Meri would ever leave the multiple family. Meri and Kody confirmed their breakup in a joint statement they issued in January, after years of ups and downs. Leon, now 28 (and the ex-couple’s child),
We have decided to permanently end our married relationship after more than ten years of working on it in our own special ways, they wrote at the time. “Throughout this process, we are committed to treating each other and all of our family members with kindness and respect. We are also committed to continuing to mend any and all family connections so that we may go forward with grace, forgiveness, and love.
The pair legally wed in 1990, making Meri Kody’s first wife. Christine Brown and Janelle Brown spiritually married Kody in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Kody divorced Meri in 2014 to legally marry Robyn and adopt her three children from a prior relationship but stayed in a spiritual union with Meri.
The Brown family began to fall apart in November 2021 when Christine, 51, announced her split from Kody after more than 25 years together. Janelle, 54, followed in December 2022, confirming that she had separated from the patriarch.
Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.